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. >> kerry's trip came after a pentagon intelligence assessment surfaced earlier this week suggesting north korea may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile. friday kerry and other u.s. officials insisted there is no real proof that north korea has the ability to do just that. earlier this week, the japanese army set up a battery of interceptor missiles in tokyo as the nation braces itself for what could come next. so what does north korea hope to get from all of this? nbc's jim maceda is live in seoul with more on that. what in the world is the answer to that question? >> well, before we get into that, i've got some interesting news, alex, which follows from the other steps that are being taken. these steps may already be having some effect. south korea's official news agency said this afternoon that four or five of those missile launchers that we've been talking so much about, in north korean -- that north korean test site, suddenly stopped all activity. since then, since this afternoon, there's been no more movement that has been monitored at that site. that wo
. >> kerry's trip came after a pentagon intelligence assessment surfaced earlier this week suggesting north korea may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile. friday kerry and other u.s. officials insisted there is no real proof that north korea has the ability to do just that. earlier this week, the japanese army set up a battery of interceptor missiles in tokyo as the nation braces itself for what could come next. so what does north korea hope to get from all of...
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the measure gives the pentagon time to decide on how best to make those cuts. and joining me now is democratic congressman william enhart. thank you so much for being here, sir. i do appreciate that for this early hour. >> good morning, alex. >> i want to ask you about this whole situation. put it into context for us. how much of an impact does this delay have across the country? >> well, you know, i think the good thing here is that we've given the department of defense flexibility to move around the cuts, and to move funds from one account to another account. so it's going to help a bit. i've spoken out against sequester on the house floor. and i think that it is not the proper way to approach our fiscal situation. i think that what we need to do instead of just cutting across the board is to cut into the fat and not the muscle and bone and that concerns me a great deal. >> so i could imagine why it does because i want to talk specifically. scott air force base, that's in your district, and i'm sure when you're voting against the sequester you're thinking abo
the measure gives the pentagon time to decide on how best to make those cuts. and joining me now is democratic congressman william enhart. thank you so much for being here, sir. i do appreciate that for this early hour. >> good morning, alex. >> i want to ask you about this whole situation. put it into context for us. how much of an impact does this delay have across the country? >> well, you know, i think the good thing here is that we've given the department of defense...
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he would be the first grunt to be in charge of the pentagon. that's a good thing for america. that's a good perspective to have in that job. >> and novel. >> for a lot of -- honestly, for a lot of what are called chicken hawks, the super hawks who never served who are now calling chuck hagel an appeaser, it's outrageous. >> all right, gentlemen. i'm going to switch gears here as the president announced on friday he is accelerating the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. so when those troops leave, representative, that will be the second war started by a republican president and ended by president obama. does he deserve credit for that? >> well, i think history's going to judge if we left too soon, what were our goals in afghanistan, what happens to afghanistan once american troops have left. it's a very weighty decision on the part of any president because you're going to get judged ultimately in history by what are the ramifications of that. this was a bipartisan war, too. to put this on a republican president, i think we only had one dissenting vote in the house. this was
he would be the first grunt to be in charge of the pentagon. that's a good thing for america. that's a good perspective to have in that job. >> and novel. >> for a lot of -- honestly, for a lot of what are called chicken hawks, the super hawks who never served who are now calling chuck hagel an appeaser, it's outrageous. >> all right, gentlemen. i'm going to switch gears here as the president announced on friday he is accelerating the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. so...
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>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best product placement of all-time, thanks to marco rubio so he didn't have a great night but i think poland springs had a great night. >> you have a point. susan, yours? >> the best week the no labels group because mostly they were able to get 40 people, democrats and republicans in congress to agree to fixing a problem, not fighting, and that's an accomplishment these days, just to even be able to get someone to wear the same pin. the worst week was the u.s. senate. i think that what we saw with the confirmation hearing and a lot of things it showed it's no long
>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best...
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so you have to give the pentagon a little bit of a break that it's going to take a little while? >> i don't think so. there are plenty i have women who do want to problem themselves. one of the three women that we've been celebrating this week does want to be a mortarman but she will not be able to fire mortars on behalf of the marine corps because she's a woman. it's unfair to say women don't want to be in the infantry or don't want to be in special operations positions. sure there are women who want to. we won't see them till we lift this ban completely. >> here's another big military story this week. it was leaked e-mail from an army colonel, a woman who said that promotional photos should not feature pretty women and here's what she wrote. "in general, ugly women are perceived as competent while pretty women are perceived as having used their looks to get ahead." here's an example of a soldier who said she was too pretty. that colonel has been relieved of her command. what is your reaction to all of this? >> it was a really disappointing comment. the only reason we know about
so you have to give the pentagon a little bit of a break that it's going to take a little while? >> i don't think so. there are plenty i have women who do want to problem themselves. one of the three women that we've been celebrating this week does want to be a mortarman but she will not be able to fire mortars on behalf of the marine corps because she's a woman. it's unfair to say women don't want to be in the infantry or don't want to be in special operations positions. sure there are...
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security concerns were listed as the reason, at least by the pentagon spokesman for the cancellation. the presidential palace says it was a unilateral decision. it was announced hours after karzai made critical remarks about the u.s. and the taliban working against them. he said the u.s. was negotiating daily with the taliban and the two were working together to prove that coalition troops would have to stay beyond 2014. that happened earlier in the day. then the cancellation was announced later. he said specifically, too, karzai did that two suicide bombings were intended to show forces could not leave after 2014 as had been announced. the taliban and the head of coalition forces both rejected the comments. dunnford said we fought too hard and lost too many lives to think violence and instability would be to our advantage. secretary hagel and president karzai did meet privately. there were photographs tweeted from that. very strange ending to the two-day trip by secretary hagel to afghanistan. >> as you try to read between the tea leaves, is it genuine security concerns, do you think
security concerns were listed as the reason, at least by the pentagon spokesman for the cancellation. the presidential palace says it was a unilateral decision. it was announced hours after karzai made critical remarks about the u.s. and the taliban working against them. he said the u.s. was negotiating daily with the taliban and the two were working together to prove that coalition troops would have to stay beyond 2014. that happened earlier in the day. then the cancellation was announced...
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the house republicans passed a bill that would do some fixes around defense spending, give the pentagon more flexibility, and essentially replace the sequestration cuts at the pentagon and you'll see movement out of the senate around spending in discretionary domestic spending. so i think there is widespread concern, economists predicted a year ago that we'd see 12 million jobs created over the next four years. this last jobs report is essentially on pace with that. but, again, with the sequestration, you had predictions that anywhere from 700,000 to 800,000 jobs would be lost and there'd be cuts to people's pay. and of course, we know this is an economy that is pushed along by people spending. so when you have cuts with that, there's concern that you'll see a slowdown with these fragile gains as the economy has made so far. >> i want to go here with what senator rand paul wrote. this was an op-ed in the "washington post" about his filibuster. during that filibuster, paul focused on the president's policy on drones and here's what he said in the op-ed that reads, quote, no american shou
the house republicans passed a bill that would do some fixes around defense spending, give the pentagon more flexibility, and essentially replace the sequestration cuts at the pentagon and you'll see movement out of the senate around spending in discretionary domestic spending. so i think there is widespread concern, economists predicted a year ago that we'd see 12 million jobs created over the next four years. this last jobs report is essentially on pace with that. but, again, with the...
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the pentagon has -- >> can i ask you though, the question that needs to be asked, had you not done it, had the government done that which you did over in iraq, would that have cost more or less? >> well, that was extensively studied by the gao, the congressional budget office, all the rest, and they found the price we charged was significantly cheaper. i think it was about a third of what it would have cost the federal government, state department in this case, of doing that job or even if the military was assigned to do it. it would have taken soldiers away from doing an offensive mission and not just being, you know, defensive bodyguards. so there's -- i'm happy to have the cost-effective argument, the accountability argument, and the reliability argument. those are honest debates people should have and base them on facts, not on emotion. >> can i ask you, if you could turn back the hands of time, go back 10, 12 years, would you do anything differently? >> i would not have worked for the state department. flat out, no. the amount of hassle, bureaucratic attack we went under, it was
the pentagon has -- >> can i ask you though, the question that needs to be asked, had you not done it, had the government done that which you did over in iraq, would that have cost more or less? >> well, that was extensively studied by the gao, the congressional budget office, all the rest, and they found the price we charged was significantly cheaper. i think it was about a third of what it would have cost the federal government, state department in this case, of doing that job or...
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. >> and pentagon press secretary george little emphasizing that point in a statement that was just released moments ago which says "we haven't made any changes to our force posture. to this point, the credible threat of military force has been key to driving diplomatic process. it's important the assad regime lives up to its obligations under the framework agreement." we are getting reaction from capitol hill which started to trickle in, including from bob corker who says this. "absent the threat of force, it's unclear to me how syrian compliance will be possible under the terms of any agreement." of course, senator corker there referring to the u.n. security council resolution which is still being hammered out. so there are a lot of moving parts, a lot of developments on this saturday, alex. i expect we will continue to get reaction from capitol hill. but we are getting our first reaction from president obama who says that he welcomes this substantial development. alex? >> all right, kristen welker at the white house. thank you very much for giving us those rapidly moving details. >>> this
. >> and pentagon press secretary george little emphasizing that point in a statement that was just released moments ago which says "we haven't made any changes to our force posture. to this point, the credible threat of military force has been key to driving diplomatic process. it's important the assad regime lives up to its obligations under the framework agreement." we are getting reaction from capitol hill which started to trickle in, including from bob corker who says this....
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you left the state department after getting in a little bit of hot water after saying the pentagon was treating manning unfairly. three years later, what are your thoughts on him now? >> for a caveat, the formal trial has not begun, but there is a legal proceeding under way, you know, regarding the charges and a potential, you know, plea-bargain. so this is a very open and transparent legal process, so it's not as if he's being held without charge. that said, obviously, two years ago i was concerned that it was punitive confinement at quantico. eventually the army moved him to ft. leavenworth, and he received more suitable pretrial confinement which is consistent with, you know, our norps both in the military and civilian justice system. he stands accused of very serious crimes, and the legal case will get under way late they are spring. >> p.j. crowley, always a pleasure. thanks. >> all right, alex. >> still ahead, manti te'o meets the press. how did he handle the barrage of questions about that infamous hoax? ♪ [ male announcer ] were you more interesting in your twenties, or now?
you left the state department after getting in a little bit of hot water after saying the pentagon was treating manning unfairly. three years later, what are your thoughts on him now? >> for a caveat, the formal trial has not begun, but there is a legal proceeding under way, you know, regarding the charges and a potential, you know, plea-bargain. so this is a very open and transparent legal process, so it's not as if he's being held without charge. that said, obviously, two years ago i...
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administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there hasn't been as big an outcry. >> you have to wonder, the sequester cuts that you mentioned from head start to meals on wheels and the others, are you getting any sense that if -- piecemeal if people start opposing those as vociferously as people did the air-traffic controller furloughs, might congress have to then come back and do these sort of band-aid fixes? >> well, you know, one of the reasons that a lot of the house democrats were upset with the legislation on friday was they say this is a band-aid and we should be doing big sweeping bills. i feel like the momentum will run out to keep doing each of these smaller-type band-aid bill
administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there hasn't been as big an outcry....
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we already have a current democrat, former house member leon panetta, sitting over it at the pentagon. listen, the president is allowed to nominate whomever he wants. however, the senate is also allowed to say yes or no. if the senate wants to castigate and say no to one of their own, they are certainly welcome to do that. but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would like to see more of it. i think we need more diversity in the next cabinet, and so far what we're seeing is a lot of white men, but the president is allowed to pick whom he chooses, and if he chooses a former republican senator to be his next secretary of defense, the senate ought to have a hearing, investigate it, and give it an up or down vote, period. >> chip, in terms of the bipartisan appeal, do you think that is a significant factor here? do you think by doing this the president tries to rise above the rancor that exists on capitol hill? >> trying to do bipartisan support by nominating a for
we already have a current democrat, former house member leon panetta, sitting over it at the pentagon. listen, the president is allowed to nominate whomever he wants. however, the senate is also allowed to say yes or no. if the senate wants to castigate and say no to one of their own, they are certainly welcome to do that. but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would...
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this is the time when we get to see what president obama's agenda is at the state department and the pentagon. i think these choices are perfect. >> and the republicans went after. and they're now saying she was never up to the position anyway. >> reid, what you were saying, the white house response to all of this, do they really care or are they going with the people the president wants to work with? >> i think they do care certainly about projecting diversity and and sort of an alternate inclusion in the cabinet and the white house, and i think the record is pretty clear. i mean, look, this president's legacy will be defined by people like hillary clinton and sonia sotomayor and elena kagan and whoever else he appoints. >> this is really about obama.2 where he will do his best. >> you guys, here's the deal. we have to go. we'll hear the rest on the other side of the break. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies.
this is the time when we get to see what president obama's agenda is at the state department and the pentagon. i think these choices are perfect. >> and the republicans went after. and they're now saying she was never up to the position anyway. >> reid, what you were saying, the white house response to all of this, do they really care or are they going with the people the president wants to work with? >> i think they do care certainly about projecting diversity and and sort of...